Alain Estève
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| File:Alain Estève (1971).jpg Estève playing for Béziers in 1971 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 1946 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 7 November 2023 (aged 77) Béziers, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 120 kg (260 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alain Estève (15 September 1946 – 7 November 2023) was a French international rugby union player. He played as a lock for AS Béziers.
Estève was placed in second place on The Sunday Times list of "most frightening French rugby players", and was nicknamed "the Beast of Béziers" for his rough play. He died of cancer on 7 November 2023, at the age of 77.[1][2]
Honours
[edit | edit source]- French rugby champion: 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981 with AS Béziers
- Challenge Yves du Manoir 1972, 1975 and 1977 with AS Béziers
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Ancien deuxième-ligne du quinze de France, Alain Estève est mort (in French)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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